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Placed at the lobby of the Radisson SAS Hotel in Berlin, the 25 meters high AquaDom is the largest cylindrical aquarium ever built. Filled with about 900,000 liters of seawater, it contains some 2600 fish of 56 species.

Combined with a vast amount of sandblasted glass, the giant AquaDom gives a transparent-like feeling to the lobby. Guests and visitors are able to travel through the aquarium in a glass-enclosed elevator to reach a sightseeing point and restaurant under the glass roof. Two full-time divers are responsible for the care and feeding of the fish and maintenance of the aquarium.

Fogonazos: AquaDom, the world’s largest cylindrical aquarium

筒状の水槽の中では最大の水槽 AquaDom (高さ25m)が、ベルリンのラディソンSASホテルのロビーにありますよと言うお話。

およそ90万リットルの海水で満たされ、56種・2600匹の魚が展示されているとのこと。

German police had to rescue a driver after he moved out of the way to allow a police car with flashing lights to pass, and got stuck in setting concrete.

Hans-Peter Wagner, 62, was driving on the A1 motorway near Ratekau in Northern Germany when he saw police flashing to get past him in his rear view mirror.

He instantly made way and pulled over but went straight into a stretch of road that had just been freshly concreted.

His car was later pulled out of the concrete by traffic cops.

Wagner said: “It looked like a regular road, and I didn’t see it was wet concrete.”

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警察から逃れるため、乾燥していないコンクリートの上に突っ込んでしまったハンス-ピーター・ワグナー(62)のお話。

乾いたコンクリートと見分けが付きません。注意しましょう。

tuttgart, Germany (dpa) - An artificial tornado in Germany’s Mercedes-Benz Museum was recognized Monday by the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s tallest man-made twister.

The air swirl, created by air jets in the multi-storeyed gallery of the remarkable spiral building, does no harm. In fact it was installed to save lives if fire ever breaks out.

The museum, devoted to the history of Mercedes-Benz cars and trucks, opened in May 2006 and has been seen so far by 1.3 million tourists in the city of Stuttgart.

Testers from Guinness, a British-based publisher, confirmed the museum’s tornado was 34.43 metres high.

Photo Gallery: World’s Largest Man-Made Tornado - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News
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ドイツのメルセデスベンツ博物館の人工竜巻が、ギネスによって"人工の竜巻としては世界一"と認定されましたよと言うお話。

高さ34.43mの人工竜巻を発生させるには、144個のノズルで28トンの空気を吸い上げているのだとか。

Inhabitants of the sleepy town of Hermeskeil in Germany took to the streets on Saturday, armed with dustbins - and safety helmets.

Rather than collecting rubbish, bins were used as vehicles for the 3rd annual dustbin race, with over 50 people attending the curious event.

Roads were closed to make way for participants as they raced down on customary bins.

Wheelie fun: Germany’s third annual dustbin race | the Mail on Sunday

ドイツで行われているゴミ箱によるレースのお話。

これ、２輪なのでバランスとるのが結構大変そうです。

A woman in Germany who has spent 55 years with part of a pencil inside her head has finally had it removed.

Margret Wegner fell over carrying the pencil when she was four. It punctured her cheek and part of it went into her brain, above the right eye.

The 59-year-old has suffered headaches and nosebleeds for most of her life.

BBC NEWS | Europe | Pencil removed from German’s head

４歳の頃転倒して頬に鉛筆が刺さった女性が、55年ぶりに右目上の脳内に残った鉛筆を手術により摘出したというお話。

55年間、頭痛と鼻血に苦しんだということですが、それ以外の障害が出なかったことが逆にオドロキです。